State-of-the-Art Muscle Disease Research in Italy

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years there has been a large increase in scientific publications whose topic has been the study of muscle and its physiopathology. This is not surprising, given that this tissue is fundamental for the well-being of the individual in many ways, for example, for posture, movement, and metabolism.

Considering that muscle diseases represent a comorbid conditions associated with a multitude of genetic and acquired pathologies, clear evidence shows that maintaining muscle health plays a fundamental role in the prevention of the appearance and in controlling the progression of various diseases, and in such way it has a great impact on society in terms of the overall health and well-being of the population of all ages and consequently on the public health service of the various countries in terms of economic savings. For these reasons many research projects are still in progress nowadays.

This Special Issue “State-of-the-Art Muscle Disease Research in Italy” invites submission of manuscripts on describing recent advances in scientific research on the study of muscle physio-pathology in Italy, with a multidisciplinary approach that takes into consideration all aspects of research such as muscle anatomy; muscle biochemistry; muscle biology; muscle immunology; muscle pathology; muscle pharma-cology; muscle physiology; and muscle toxicology etc.

Studies on both humans and animal models will be considered. We welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including original research articles and updated reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).

Prof. Dr. Marina Bouché
Dr. Roberta Ceci
Dr. Guglielmo Duranti
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Muscles is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• muscle wellbeing
• muscle anatomy
• muscle biochemistry
• muscle biology
• muscle immunology
• muscle metabolism
• muscle pathology
• muscle pharmacology
• muscle physiology
• muscle toxicology